Is it just me or is lis4kids1pup

she is a bit defensive I would say...wonder why that is exactly?

 I'd agree that if you can't afford the cost of a well-bred, healthy pup then the option isn't to go for one that's less well-bred and healthy...after all, what you don't spend on purchase you'll spend in vet costs, right?  Not looking down in any way on people who can't afford it, times are tough for many ATM but it's important to be realistic about things. 

Then again, in 3 weeks I'm spending $1600 on a Maremma puppy so, er, clearly I'm insane LOL.

Maybe she's defensive because she knows she shouldn't be browsing CL for a pet....

Ya think? LOL....I mean in her other post she says a bunch of expenses have come up and so they couldnt afford the well bred ES puppy...but hey GREAT time to get a "free dog" on CL. :eyeroll:

 I did like your comments to her, maybe just maybe you've made her think. 

She's saying she doesn't think that shelters are in it for the right reasons because they charge a bunch, I have no doubt that's true of some, maybe many of them but at the same time they need to finance their own running costs, heating bills etc.  I dunno, everything is so different here price-wise it's hard for me to make comparisons.  

she's full of it. City run shelters rarely and I mean RARELY charge over $75 to adopt a pup. Now privately run rescues? Sure...but the City Shelters are typically between $25-75 depending on the animal, it's age, and health.

 OK...then..yeah...there's some other issue at play.  Wanting to be able to say it came from a breeder or something.  Very odd. 

being someone who's placed pups before I know her exact type. They are commitment phobes. They string you along and you think all is great but the whole time they've commited to you they're out looking at free ads and such and a week or two later they email and say "we found something else" and yeah....she strikes me as that.

They want the quality and in theory they know better, but they cannot wait, or cannot pay what they think they can, or they get cold feet, or cannot pass up those puppies at Walmart, or myriad other reasons...they change their minds about 20 times before settling on a dog that's typically 360 degrees different from what they told you they wanted lol.

Whatchagonnado?

 it took me a bit to figure out what thread we are talking about here -- yes. It makes no sense and she is *very* defensive. I have no idea why she's looking for approval from us for her to take a "rescue" otherwise known as a BYB dog.  Good grief.

 very irritating.

 I'm sad to see what you said about commitment-phobes, i bet you deal with it a lot as a breeder (well, to a certain extent). I've already seen it in some of the rescue work I've done.  People just "cannot wait!!" to get this dog they have put an app in on and before you can even get out there for a home check they are calling saying "nevermind!... " Grr. 

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